Simeon the Proud

20 hrs. 21 min.

Language Russian

Author Dmitry Balashov

Narrator Evgeny Ternovsky

In the novel «Simeon the Proud» the story covers events of the mid-14th century and the fate of Simeon the Proud—son of Ivan Kalita the Great—who managed under the difficult conditions of his reign (1341–1353) to consolidate his father’s state acquisitions, prevent aggression from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and thereby strengthen the position of the Moscow Principality as the center of Vladimir Rus. This is the fourth book in the cycle «Moscow Rulers».

1. The Younger Son (narrated by Yury Zaborovsky) 2. The Grand Table (narrated by Yury Grigoryev) 3. The Burden of Power (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 4. Simeon the Proud 5. The Wind of Time (narrated by Natalia Nekrasova) 6. The Renunciation (narrated by Vladimir Sushkov) 7.1. Holy Russia. Vol. 1. Steppe Prologue (narrated by Ilya Prudovsky) 7.2. Holy Russia, Vol. 2: Sergius of Radonezh (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 7.3. Holy Russia. Vol. 3. Evening of the Century (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 8. Will and Power (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 0. Sovereigns of Moscow. Wind of Time (narrated by Ivan Litvinov)